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    How does Steven Spielberg create tension in the film “JAWS”? ‘JAWS’ is a horror/thriller film directed by Steven Spielberg in 1975; it is based on the novel by Peter Benchley. Steven Spielberg is a master of suspense and has created tension all the way through the film ‘JAWS’. A great white shark attacks the summer resort Town of Amity Island; on the 4th July‚ Independence Day‚ a declaration of independence from the Kingdom of Great Britain. The police chief tries to close the beach but the town

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    Analyse the ways that the director builds suspense and scares the audience in the film ‘Jaws’ The film Jaws was directed by Steven Spielberg in 1975. It was a good film at the time‚ and still is because Steven Spielberg is known for creating films that build suspense and scare people. Jaws is about a shark that attacks people on the beach at a fictional holiday resort‚ called Amity island. Jaws was set on the 4th of July‚ because it was Independence Day and that is a holiday in America when

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    How does the director Stephen Spielberg use filmic techniques to build suspense and build tension for the audience in the film Jaws? Stephen Spielberg is a very famous director and well known for his high budget action films. The film that will scare anyone and live on for generations is the terrific Jaws‚ the first ever block bluster in 1975. His tagline was very catchy and ment something to people as in when people went to see Jaws‚ to then go on holiday they did exactly what it said “Don’t

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    In book eleven of the Odyssey‚ Odysseus travels to the realms of the dead where he encounters many ghosts‚ including a vision of Hercules. This brief moment portrays the tension between the ghosts--anguishing in Hades’ underworld--and Hercules who had the fortune to live with the gods on Mount Olympus in his afterlife. The tension Odysseus witnesses represents the polarity between heaven--symbolized by Hercules--and hell--symbolized by the ghosts. Death is a frequent motif throughout The Odyssey and

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    programmes have theme tunes? (That is‚ the music conventionally played over the opening credits of a television programme.) Choose a television theme tune and discuss: • its expressive qualities (e.g. happy‚ sad‚ fast-paced‚ slow) • The cultural associations that it inspires. For example‚ what other kinds of music does it refer to? Is the theme tune what you would expect in relation to the genre of the programme? Theme music in general can be anything from the recognisable leitmotif in Jaws which plays

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    All that Jaws Throughout the history of modern cinema‚ we as a people have seen various films that have caused fear‚ hope‚ laughter‚ love‚ and various other emotions. The movie Jaws‚ directed by Steven Spielberg‚ was a very well-written film‚ but the insignificant parts made me lose focus on whatAdvanced Search Documents 1 - 20 of 57 Jaws All that Jaws Throughout the history of modern cinema‚ we as a people have seen various films that have caused fear‚ hope‚ laughter‚ love‚ and various other

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    awsJaws Directed by Steven Spielberg‚ ‘Jaws’ is one of the highest grossing and most profitable movies ever made‚ making around five hundred million pounds. The film is about a great white shark which terrorises the shores of Amity‚ slowly picking out the towns people and dragging them down into the deep blue. In this essay I’m going to explain how Spielberg creates suspense‚ tension and panic in the film by describing camera and music techniques and how they are used in certain scenes. Firstly

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    The monkey’s paw by W.W. Jacobs is a short story.The Monkey’s Paw is about a magical that comes bad with the wish in the short story.In the short story‚ Jacob shows irony imagery in foreshadowing to create tension and suspense in the story. To begin Jacob asserts foreshadowing as he builds tension‚ suspense and surprise in the story. According to the author‚ Jacob argues that the flickers predict that anyone who interferes would be sorry. This fakir is trying to say that the monkey paw and who uses

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    How does the director try to build suspense and scare the audience in the film Jaws? The film Jaws‚ directed by Steven Spielberg‚ was created approximately 30 years ago. It tells the story of a shark which attacks and kills numerous people off the north-east coast of the USA in a small holiday resort called Amity Island. The attacks took place around the 4th of July‚ which in America‚ is similar to the British bank holiday. During this time‚ many Americans and tourists from abroad visit resorts

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    Americans faced during this time period. The two characters that have the biggest influence on this plot are Mama and her son‚ Walter. Walter has a big influence on this plot because he is the most upset about the news on the house and adds a lot of tension at the end of the scene. Walter shows that he is upset that Mama made a down payment on the house by saying‚ “You the head of this family. You run our lives like you want to.” This line shows that Walter is upset that Mama did not put the money towards

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